A TASTE OF COMMUNISM 2020

Let's start with the reality of where we are as a church and country. Whoever dreamed that church doors in America would be shut? Yet, this is reality. Ponder this! For many Christians throughout the world, this is how they live every day. Scary, isn't it? If not scary, at least concerning. 

What I'm about to say next is not a Democrat or Republican issue, although it is a political issue. I wish that it were not, but the truth is NO ONE can separate religion and politics, it is impossible. Faith shapes our politics, and politics reflect the religious tone of its government. 

In a small way, we have had a taste of communism. We are told where we can go and where we can't go. What we must wear and not wear. What doctors we can see and not see. What stores we can visit and not visit. What places can be open, and what places can't be open. What halls we can assemble in and in what halls we cannot assemble. Who can cut our hair and who cannot cut our hair. When and how we can go to Church—if ever? And, the list goes on. Do we really want to live our lives confined, controlled, unemployed, restricted, and government controlled? Not me!  

In other words, the government has taken many of our freedoms from us. Whether it was for our good or not is not the point of this email; the point is we have had a taste of communism. 

Let’s fast forward. It is my thinking that this is what the "mark of the beast" is going to look like. Those who don't have "the mark" will be refused liberties—many of which have been mentioned in the paragraphs above, especially religious (Revelation 13:16-18).

Maybe COVID-19 is a good thing—a wake-up call to Christians and Americans to cherish and fight for our freedoms in the political arena and, most importantly, on our knees (2 Chronicles 7:14).

Joseph Bruce Sofia
The LORD is good, and His mercy endures forever. 1Chron16:34